Round 3 Feature Match: Christopher Burrows VS Julian Keller

October 9th, 2010

Christopher Burrows hails from Chicago, and is 1 of our undefeated Scrap Duelists here this weekend, packing Summoner Monk and Caius the Shadow Monarch as his personal tech. His opponent is Long Island’s Julian Keller, a Lightsworn Duelist packing Gold Sarcophagus and other familiar choices.

Keller started the Match off with SolarRecharge, discarding Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior to draw 2 cards and sending RoyalDecree and BeckoningLight to the Graveyard from his Deck. He Summoned Jain, Lightsworn Paladin and Set 1 Spell or Trap Card then ended, sending another Decree and Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress to his Graveyard.

Burrows had a hand of FoolishBurial, Caius the Shadow Monarch, ScrapBeast, Book of Moon, Scrapyard, and ScrapChimera. He activated Burial to send ScrapBeast to the Graveyard, then Summoned ScrapChimera. He used its effect to Special Summon ScrapBeast, then Set Book of Moon and Synchro Summoned ScrapDragon. He destroyed his BookofMoon and Jain with the Dragon’s effect, then attacked for 2800 Battle Damage. He finished his turn by Setting Scrapyard as a bluff.

Keller flipped his Set CalloftheHaunted, Special Summoned Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress, and activated her effect to destroy Scrapyard. He then Tributed her for Celestia, Lightsworn Angel, and sent FoolishBurial, Wulf, Lightsworn Beast, Honest, and Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner to the Graveyard to destroy ScrapDragon. When the Dragon was destroyed, Burrows Special Summoned ScrapChimera (Keller Summoned Wulf). Wulf destroyed ScrapChimera in battle, and Celestia made a direct attack.

Burrows drew another Caius, and Set ScrapBeast: he had nothing but another Caius in hand.

Keller Set a monster, attacked with Wulf to destroy ScrapBeast, and Celestia made another direct attack.

Burrows drew TrapStun and conceded.

Leaving Scrapyard where it could be destroyed by Lyla leaves Christopher Burrows with a hand of cards he can’t play, and Julian Keller makes short work of the first Duel!

Burrows opened Duel 2 with a hand of ScrapGoblin, BottomlessTrapHole, ScrapBeast, Caius the Shadow Monarch, and 2 D.D. Crow. He Set ScrapGoblin and Bottomless.

Keller discarded Aurkus, Lightsworn Druid for SolarRecharge, drew 2, and sent MonsterReincarnation and Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter to his Graveyard. He Summoned CardTrooper, boosted it up by sending NecroGardna, Charge of the Light Brigade, and Gorz the Emissary of Darkness to his Graveyard off the top of his Deck, and attacked ScrapGoblin. The Goblin survived thanks to its effect, and Keller ended. Burrows removed NecroGardna from Keller’s Graveyard with D.D. Crow, keeping Keller from using it next turn.

Burrows Tributed Goblin for Caius the Shadow Monarch next turn, removing CardTrooper so he could attack for 2400 Battle Damage.

Keller activated GiantTrunade, then destroyed Caius with DarkHole. He took Caius with MonsterReborn, Normal Summoned PlaguespreaderZombie, and attacked with them both for a total of 2800 Battle Damage. In Main Phase 2 he Tuned them together, and Synchro Summoned StardustDragon. (6+2=8)

Burrows drew SummonerMonk, holding Scrapstorm, BottomlessTrapHole, D.D. Crow, and ScrapBeast. He Normal Summoned the Monk, discarded Scrapstorm for its effect, and Special Summoned ScrapBeast. He Tuned Beast to Monk for DarkEndDragon, (4+4=8) activated its effect, and sent StardustDragon to the Graveyard! DarkEndDragon attacked for 2100 Battle Damage and Burrows Set Bottomless.

Keller Summoned Aurkus next turn, and attacked DarkEnd with a boost from Honest: DarkEnd Dragon was destroyed. Keller had 1 card left in his hand, and ended his turn by sending SolarRecharge and CalloftheHaunted to his Graveyard.

Burrows drew ScrapGoblin. He activated Scrapyard to get another ScrapBeast from his deck, then Summoned it to attack with both Beasts to win the Duel!

Christopher Burrows takes a quick, simple win to press this Match to a third Duel! Julian Keller would open Duel 3: both Duelists exchanged a friendly handshake before getting started.

Keller opened with GoldSarcophagus, removing JudgmentDragon from his Deck so he could add it to his hand 2 turns later. He Summoned Aurkus, Lightsworn Druid, ended, and sent Wulf, Lightsworn Beast and FoolishBurial to his Graveyard: he Summoned Wulf with its effect.

Burrows had 2 Cyber Dragon, D.D. Crow, Caius the Shadow Monarch, Scrapyard, and Mirror Force. He Special Summoned CyberDragon, attacked Aurkus, and forced out Keller’s Honest: CyberDragon was destroyed. Scrapyard got Burrows his ScrapGoblin from his Deck in Main Phase 2, and he Set MirrorForce without Setting the Goblin.

Keller Tributed Wulf for Celestia, Lightsworn Angel, sending Call of the Haunted, Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress, MonsterReincarnation, and RoyalDecree from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard, destroying MirrorForce! Aurkus and Celestia then made direct attacks, dropping Burrows to 3300 Life Points. Aurkus sent Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner and another Decree to the Graveyard.

Burrows drew ScrapBeast. He Special Summoned CyberDragon, Normal Summoned ScrapGoblin, and Tuned them together for ScrapDragon: it attacked Aurkus for 1600 Battle Damage. Burrows took a moment to count 4 Lightsworn in Keller’s Graveyard.

Keller got his JudgmentDragon next turn, and in response, Burrows removed Lumina from Keller’s Graveyard to keep Keller from having the 4 Lightsworn he’d need to Special Summon the Dragon. Keller Summoend another Aurkus, turned Celestia to Defense Position, Set a Spell or Trap, and sent EffectVeiler and Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter to his Graveyard.

Burrows drew ScrapChimera. He Normal Summoned ScrapBeast, attacked to destroy Celestia, Keller responded with BeckoningLight: he discarded JudgmentDragon, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, and NecroGardna, returning Honest, JudgmentDragon, and Lyla to his hand. Celestia was destroyed, but Burrows knew it was over and ended his turn.

Keller cleared the field with DarkHole: Burrows Special Summoned ScrapGoblin with ScrapDragon’s effect, and Keller Special Summoned JudgmentDragon. He paid 1000 Life Points to activate its effect, destroyed ScrapGoblin, and Normal Summoned Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress. Both monsters made direct attacks and Keller was the winner!

Julian Keller takes an assertive 2-1 win over Christopher Burrows!

Post-Event Analysis!See what our panel of experts had to say about this Duel after the event was over.

Jason Grabher-Meyer(The Old Man of Dueling)Burrows made a nice play in Duel 2 when he activated D.D. Crow’s effect on his opponent’s turn to remove NecroGardna from Keller’s Graveyard. That kept Keller from using NecroGardna next turn, letting Burrows attack with Caius for 2400 Battle Damage. Since Burrows had 2 Crows, using 1 of them early to keep the pressure on Keller was a great move.

Michael Kohanim(2009 World Championship Competitor)In Duel 2, Burrows used Dark End Dragon to send Stardust Dragon to Keller’s Graveyard. Since Dark End Dragon sends monsters to the Graveyard without destroying them, it’s a powerful weapon against protective cards like Stardust Dragon and My Body as a Shield.